Doll in a box ca. 1748 British (Doll) and American (Box) This mid-eighteenth century English fashion doll probably arrived in the American colonies as the plaything for a lucky young Dolls like this served two purposes—as both toys and advertisements of the latest They were often clothed by dressmakers to show the silhouette of the day, in this case the 1740s, when the style was for a skirt that was wider on the sides than it was in the front and back. ?The doll’s skirt is pieced from a variety of different narrow panels of silk, perhaps scraps of fabric the dressmaker had aro
Doll in a box ca. 1748 British (Doll) and American (Box) This mid-eighteenth century English fashion doll probably arrived in the American colonies as the plaything for a lucky young Dolls like this served two purposes—as both toys and advertisements of the latest They were often clothed by dressmakers to show the silhouette of the day, in this case the 1740s, when the style was for a skirt that was wider on the sides than it was in the front and back. ?The doll’s skirt is pieced from a variety of different narrow panels of silk, perhaps scraps of fabric the dressmaker had around her A real dress from this period would all be of a single luxurious Our doll is completely dressed, with two petticoats under her skirt, and shoes fashioned out of metallic Never meant to be undressed like modern day dolls, she still even retains her pearl earrings and Obviously a highly treasured object, soon after she arrived in the New World, someone fashioned a shadow box, its interior painted with trees and parrots, to keep her safe when she wasn’t being played Doll in a box. British (Doll) and American (Box). ca. 1748. Doll: Wood, paint, glass, silk, human hairBox: White pine, crown glass, paint, metal
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